All Chapters of Sick Games, Rich Payback: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Inside, though, Kyle was calling me an idiot."She's the dumbest one in the family, isn't she? She can't even see through her family's fake illnesses, and here she is, feeling all guilty about it. Who does she think she is? A saint?"And after what we did last night, she still hasn't realized I'm only pretending to be disabled?"When I heard Kyle's thoughts, I instinctively clenched my fists.Me? Dumb? Yes, the old me had indeed been dumb.To earn money for my family's medical bills, I had worked myself to the bone. If I hadn't unexpectedly gained the ability to hear inner thoughts, I might still have been left in the dark.But now that I could hear their thoughts, I'd just play along.The broke, useless boyfriend whom Mable doesn't want? I'd gladly take him.I was going to let them know what it meant to dig their own graves.…For the next few days, life seemed to slip back into that same suffocating routine. I continued to wake up before dawn every day to brew medicine, coo

Over the next few days, I showed up like clockwork to cook, clean, and keep Kyle’s messy rental apartment perfectly in order.One evening, during dinner, he suddenly clutched his nose, blood dripping onto his plate. He brushed it off, saying his recurring nosebleeds were probably due to stress.I insisted on taking him to the hospital for a check-up.The test results came back quickly. Kyle had cancer.His expression fell, pretending to be utterly devastated."Don't come back here anymore," he said sullenly.I lowered my eyes and said nothing. I just turned and walked out, leaving no trace of hesitation.Even after the door closed, I could still hear his snickering inner thoughts. "I thought she'd kick up a fuss. Guess she knows better."I turned, smirking.He thought he'd set up a trap and fooled me. What he didn't know was that my game had only just begun.Two days later, I went to a back-alley clinic and had 400mL of blood drawn. Then, staggering, I made my way to Kyle's

I listened to my family's mockery with a faint smile lingering on my lips, making no attempt to defend myself.Kyle tightened his hold on my waist and glanced down at me, a subtle reassurance in his gaze. In his mind, though, he was thinking, "Talia sure can keep her cool. But that's good too. It saves us from wasting words on these people."Seeing that I wasn't responding, Mom assumed they had hit a sore spot. She immediately stepped forward and reached for my wedding gown."Since the person you're marrying is him, we won't ask for much," she said matter-of-factly. "500 thousand dollars will do. As for gold and other jewelry, no need to buy them. You can just use the monetary gifts you receive at the wedding to cover it."She paused, as if suddenly remembering something, and added, "Oh, right. The two of you will have to take responsibility for the high-interest loans you took out to send us abroad for treatment, as well as the money he borrowed for the wedding. "We're getting o

All those days, while my family was enjoying their lives abroad and spending the money borrowed from loan sharks, they never once thought about my situation back home. And now they wanted to turn the tables on me and threaten me? How delusional.I didn't spare them another glance. I just turned to the security guards at the entrance and said, "Please escort these three out."The guards immediately stepped forward and grabbed my still-dazed parents and Mable. The three of them finally snapped out of it, and they began struggling and wailing."Talia, you'll pay for this!""You ungrateful wretch! We won't let you get away with this!""Let me go! Who gave you the right to kick us out!"But their struggles were useless. The guards were strong, and they just forcibly dragged them out.Kyle walked up to me, slipping his arm around my waist. There was a trace of admiration in his voice as he said, "Well done."This time, his praise actually sounded genuine—because I didn't hear any o

Mom screamed, "Talia, you ungrateful brat! How dare you steal your own sister's boyfriend! Are you even human? If I'd known you'd turn out to be such a heartless wretch, I would've strangled you the moment you were born!"Give Kyle back to Mable! He's her boyfriend! Who do you think you are to marry him?"I listened to the stream of filthy insults pouring from the other end of the phone, then ended the call expressionlessly. After that, I added every one of their numbers to the blacklist.But they still wouldn't give up, and soon, the text messages started.They were all the same nonsense—calling me manipulative, accusing me of stealing Mable's boyfriend, and cursing me to a miserable death.I couldn't be bothered with them, so I simply blocked their messages, too.A few days later, the harassing calls and texts suddenly stopped.Later, I found out that James and Kelly had found out what was happening.Kelly—that lady who always looked so gentle and elegant—had sent someone to